6 sentences with 'philosopher'
Example sentences and phrases with the word philosopher and other words derived from it.
• « More than 20 years before Henry Ford's birth, the philosopher had come to recognize that machines represented "new and necessary acts" that were essentially in harmony with nature. »
• « The Greek philosopher Aristotle was unimpressed by the myths explaining lightning in his time, the 4th century B.C., and held that it was an "exhalation" from the fiery sphere found in the lower regions of the sky. »
• « During the Renaissance, the educated people of Europe, approximately two thousand years after the life of the Greek philosopher Plato, based their own philosophies and views on Plato's philosophy, as well as that of other Greek thinkers. »
• « One story has it that Alexander the Great sought out Diogenes and found him lying in the street in a suburb of the polis of Corinth, asking him what he, the king, could do for him, the philosopher. The Cynic replied "stop standing in my sunbeam". »
• « By the 1st century BC, Stoicism was the Greek philosophy of choice for many Roman aristocrats (a later Roman emperor, Marcus Aurelius, was even a Stoic philosopher in his own right). »
• « This period of successful rule finally came to an end when the practice of choosing a competent follower ended - the emperor Marcus Aurelius, a brilliant leader and Stoic philosopher (161 - 180 CE) appointed his arrogant and foolish son Commodus (r. 177 - 192 CE) his co-emperor three years before Aurelius' death. »